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19
Jun
2019
Last Thursday night, the Toronto Raptors won their first-ever NBA Championship, defeating the Golden State Warriors. Canada went wild. Even parts of Alberta cheered.
This whole business of winning and losing leaves me a little confused.
Because the only thing for the Raptors can look forward to now is losing. They can’t stay on top forever. Sooner or later, some other team will de-throne them.
Like reaching the summit of Everest, the only place left to go is down.
Years ago, when I was still a wannabe writer, I took a night-school class from Raymond Hull, co-author with Lawrence J. Peter of The Peter Principle.
Hull taught that literature really had only three plots.
Categories: Soft Edges
Tags: Raymond Hull, Lawrence J. Peter, The Peter Principle, three plots